List of ambassadors and high commissioners to Canada
This is a list of heads of diplomatic missions to Canada from other countries and entities, such as ambassadors and high commissioners, as listed by Global Affairs Canada.[1]
Current ambassadors and high commissioners
Below are the ambassadors and high commissioners to Canada, by order of precedence, as of August 2025.[2]
| Sending country/entity | Name[1][3] | Credentials (as of August 2025) |
Title |
|---|---|---|---|
 San Marino
|
Damiano Beleffi | 18 May 2011 | Ambassador[i] |
 Monaco
|
Maguy Maccario-Doyle | 16 December 2014 | Ambassador[ii] |
 Yemen
|
Jamal Abdullah Yahya Al-Sallal | 21 November 2016 | Ambassador |
 Turkmenistan
|
Meret Orazov | 21 November 2016 | Ambassador[ii] |
 Djibouti
|
Mohamed Siad Douale | 2 March 2017 | Ambassador[ii] |
 Antigua and Barbuda
|
Ronald Sanders, Sir | 13 March 2017 | High Commissioner[ii] |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Louanne Gaylene Gilchrist | 28 August 2017 | Ambassador |
 Palau
|
Hersey Kyota | 20 November 2017 | Ambassador[ii] |
 Lebanon
|
Fadi Ziadeh | 29 January 2018 | Ambassador |
 Bahrain
|
Shaikh Abdulla Rashed Abdulla AlKhalifa | 29 January 2018 | Ambassador |
 Morocco
|
Souriya Otmani | 29 June 2018 | Ambassador |
 Armenia
|
Anahit Harutyunyan | 9 July 2019 | Ambassador |
 Afghanistan
|
Mohammad Hassan Soroosh Yousufzai | 1 November 2019 | Ambassador |
 Rwanda
|
Prosper Higiro | 1 November 2019 | Ambassador |
 Croatia
|
Vice Skračić | 18 December 2019 | Ambassador |
 Kosovo
|
Adriatik Kryeziu | 10 March 2020 | Ambassador |
 Thailand
|
Kallayana Vipattipumiprates | 13 October 2020 | Ambassador[i] |
 Serbia
|
Dejan Ralević | 30 November 2020 | Ambassador |
 El Salvador
|
Ricardo Alfonso Cisneros Rodriguez | 30 November 2020 | Ambassador |
 Romania
|
Bogdan Maniou | 22 March 2021 | Ambassador |
 Guatemala
|
Guisela Atalida Godinez Sazo | 22 March 2021 | Ambassador |
 Argentina
|
Maria Josefina Martinez Gramuglia | 29 March 2021 | Ambassador |
 Belize
|
Lynn Raymond Young | 4 August 2021 | High Commissioner |
 Russia
|
Oleg Stepanov | 9 September 2021 | Ambassador |
 Ivory Coast
|
Bafetigue Ouattara | 9 September 2021 | Ambassador |
 Iceland
|
Hlynur Gudjonsson | 9 September 2021 | Ambassador |
 Holy See
|
Ivan Jurkovic | 2 December 2021 | Ambassador[iii] |
 Slovenia
|
Andrej Gregor Rode | 2 December 2021 | Ambassador |
 Spain
|
Alfredo Martinez Serrano | 7 December 2021 | Ambassador |
 Solomon Islands
|
Jane Mugafalu Waetara | 15 February 2022 | High Commissioner |
 Qatar
|
Khalid Rashid S.H. Al-Mansouri | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador |
 Kiribati
|
Teburoro Tito | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador[i] |
 Tonga
|
Viliami Vainga Tone | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador[i] |
 Comoros
|
Issimail Chanfi | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador[i] |
 Namibia
|
Margareth Natalie Mensah-Williams | 10 March 2022 | High Commissioner[ii] |
 Barbados
|
Gline Arley Clarke | 27 April 2022 | High Commissioner |
 South Africa
|
Rieaz Shaik | 27 April 2022 | High Commissioner |
 Latvia
|
Kaspars Ozolins | 27 April 2022 | Ambassador |
 Portugal
|
Antonio Manuel Torres Domingues Leao Rocha | 7 June 2022 | Ambassador |
 Poland
|
Witold Miroslaw Dzielski | 7 June 2022 | Ambassador |
 Japan
|
Kanji Yamanouchi | 7 June 2022 | Ambassador |
 Paraguay
|
Raul Antonio Montiel Gasto | 22 September 2022 | Ambassador |
 Estonia
|
Margus Rava | 22 September 2022 | Ambassador |
 Egypt
|
Ahmed Abdallah Ibrahim Hafez | 22 September 2022 | Ambassador |
 France
|
Michel Miraillet | 22 September 2022 | Ambassador |
 Bahamas
|
Vergeneas Alfred Gray | 26 October 2022 | High Commissioner |
 Moldova
|
Sergiu Odainic | 23 November 2022 | Ambassador |
 Switzerland
|
Olaf Andreas Kjelsen | 23 November 2022 | Ambassador |
 Guyana
|
Keith Linden George | 23 November 2022 | High Commissioner |
 Democratic Republic of Congo
|
Joksa Kabongo Ngoy | 23 November 2022 | Ambassador |
 North Macedonia
|
Argon Budjaku | 23 November 2022 | Ambassador |
 Laos
|
Sisavath Inphachanh | 20 January 2023 | Ambassador |
 Samoa
|
Paolelei Luteru | 20 January 2023 | High Commissioner |
 Zimbabwe
|
Cecil Toendepi Chinenere | 28 March 2023 | Ambassador |
 Colombia
|
Carlos Arturo Morales Lopez | 28 March 2023 | Ambassador |
 Mexico
|
Carlos Manuel Joaquin Gonzalez | 28 March 2023 | Ambassador |
 Bulgaria
|
Plamen Georgiev Georgiev | 26 June 2023 | Ambassador |
 Zambia
|
Kennedy Mpolobe Shepande | 26 June 2023 | Ambassador |
 Jamaica
|
Marsha Monique Coore Lobban | 10 September 2023 | High Commissioner |
 Chad
|
Bouroumdou Naloum | 25 September 2023 | Ambassador |
 Uruguay
|
Gustavo Anibal Alvarez Goyoaga | 25 September 2023 | Ambassador |
 Peru
|
Manuel Gerardo Talavera Espinar | 25 September 2023 | Ambassador |
 Slovak Republic
|
Viera Grigova | 25 September 2023 | Ambassador |
 Vietnam
|
Vinh Quang Pham | 13 October 2023 | Ambassador |
 Kazakhstan
|
Dauletbek Kussainov | 13 October 2023 | Ambassador |
 Mongolia
|
Sarantogos Erdenetsogt | 13 October 2023 | Ambassador |
 Israel
|
Iddo Moed | 13 October 2023 | Ambassador |
 Singapore
|
Chin Siong Tan | 13 October 2023 | High Commissioner |
 Sweden
|
Signe Fenja Burgstaller | 17 November 2023 | Ambassador |
 Saudi Arabia
|
Amal Yahya Almoalimi | 17 November 2023 | Ambassador |
 Czechia
|
Martin Tlapa | 17 November 2023 | Ambassador |
 Brazil
|
Carlos Alberto Franco Franca | 17 November 2023 | Ambassador |
 Senegal
|
Gorgui Ciss | 17 November 2023 | Ambassador |
 Gambia
|
Momodou Lamin Bah | 4 December 2023 | High Commissioner |
 Eswatini
|
Kennedy Fitzgerald Groening | 4 December 2023 | High Commissioner |
 Suriname
|
Jan Marten Willem Schalkwijk | 4 December 2023 | Ambassador |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
Samuel Alharjai Berridge | 17 February 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
Aleksandar Bogdanic | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
 Jordan
|
Sabah Nizar Rashid Al Rafie | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
 Greece
|
Ekaterini Dimakis | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
 Algeria
|
Noureddine Sidi Abed | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
 Tunisia
|
Lassaad Boutara | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
 Iraq
|
Abdulrahman Hamid Mohamed Al-Hussaini | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
 Chile
|
Juan Carlos Garcia Perez de Arce | 30 April 2024 | Ambassador |
 Tanzania
|
Joseph Edward Sokoine | 30 April 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Malta
|
Mark Anthony Pace | 30 April 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Cuba
|
Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz | 30 April 2024 | Ambassador |
 Nepal
|
Bharat Raj Paudyal | 30 April 2024 | Ambassador |
 Republic of Congo
|
Appolinaire Aya | 26 June 2024 | Ambassador |
 China
|
Di Wang | 26 June 2024 | Ambassador |
 Uzbekistan
|
Furkat Sidikov | 26 June 2024 | Ambassador |
 Cameroon
|
XXX Ngola Philip Ngwese | 13 September 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Turkiye
|
Can Dizdar | 13 September 2024 | Ambassador |
 Germany
|
Matthias Luettenberg | 13 September 2024 | Ambassador |
 Bangladesh
|
Nadiha Sobhan | 13 September 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Ecuador
|
Esteban Jabier Crespo Polo | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
 Netherlands
|
Grietje Landman | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
 Ireland
|
John Concannon | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
 European Union
|
Geneviève Tuts | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
 Cyprus
|
Stavros Hatziyiannis | 9 October 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Austria
|
Andreas Rendl | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
 Albania
|
Artemis Malo | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
 United Arab Emirates
|
Abdulrahman Ali Almur Ali Alneyadi | 4 December 2024 | Ambassador |
 Ethiopia
|
Tewodros Girma Abebe | 4 December 2024 | Ambassador |
 Kenya
|
Carolyne Kamende Daudi | 4 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Luxembourg
|
Jean-Claude Kugener | 4 December 2024 | Ambassador |
 Gabon
|
Alexis Bengone | 4 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Australia
|
Kate Logan | 9 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Malawi
|
Esme Jynet Chombo | 10 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Mozambique
|
Alfredo Fabiao Nuvunga | 10 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Angola
|
Agostinho de Carvalho dos Santos Van-Dunem | 10 December 2024 | Ambassador |
 Malaysia
|
Shazelina Binti Zainul Abidin | 10 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Denmark
|
Nikolaj Harris | 10 December 2024 | Ambassador |
 Italy
|
Alessandro Cattaneo | 10 December 2024 | Ambassador |
 Pakistan
|
Muhammad Saleem | 15 January 2025 | High Commissioner |
 Lithuania
|
Egidijus Meilunas | 15 January 2025 | Ambassador |
 Lesotho
|
Malehlanye Constantinus Ralejoe | 15 January 2025 | High Commissioner |
 Finland
|
Hanna-Leena Korteniemi | 15 January 2025 | Ambassador |
 United Kingdom
|
Robert John Tinline | 20 February 2025 | High Commissioner |
 Bhutan
|
Pema Lektup Dorji | 3 March 2025 | Ambassador |
 Equatorial Guinea
|
Crisantos Obama Ondo | 3 March 2025 | Ambassador |
 Fiji
|
Ratu Ilisoni Caucau Cabealawa Vuidreketi | 3 March 2025 | Ambassador |
 Dominican Republic
|
Jose Alfonso Blanco Conde | 3 March 2025 | Ambassador |
 Grenada
|
Sylvester Quarless | 15 April 2025 | High Commissioner |
 Andorra
|
Joan Forner Rovira | 29 April 2025 | Ambassador |
 Cambodia
|
Chhea Keo | 29 April 2025 | Ambassador |
 Maldives
|
Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed | 29 April 2025 | High Commissioner |
 Botswana
|
Mpho Churchill O Mophuting | 29 April 2025 | High Commissioner |
 United States of America
|
Peter Hoekstra | 29 April 2025 | Ambassador |
Other offices
Chargé d'affaires and other diplomatic heads
| Sending country/entity | Name | Diplomatic title | Higher official title |
|---|---|---|---|
 Azerbaijan
|
Vasif Cingiz Oglu Abutalibov | Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Belgium
|
Filip Paul G. Vandenbroeke | Deputy Head of Mission & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Brunei Darussalam
|
Suzianti Abdul Latip | Second Secretary and Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 Burkina Faso
|
Idrissa Nenin Soulama | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Costa Rica
|
Victor Manuel Porras Fernandez | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Georgia
|
Bakari Makaridze | Minister-Counsellor | Ambassador |
 Ghana
|
Simon Atieku | Minister & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | High Commissioner |
 Guinea
|
Alhassane Diabate | First Secretary & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Haiti
|
Marie-Françoise Suzan | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Honduras
|
Aldo Federico Rosales Espinoza | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Hungary
|
Katalin Kapocsne Haas | Deputy Head of Mission & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 India
|
Chinmoy Naik | Deputy High Commissioner & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 Indonesia
|
Heru Santoso | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Kuwait
|
Ali H A A M Alastad | First Secretary & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Libya
|
Rashed A M Sharkasi | CounsellorCounsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Madagascar
|
Sahondra Harilala Rakotoniaina | Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Mali
|
Amadou Diallo | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Mauritania
|
Aly Ba | Second Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Myanmar
|
May Thazin Tun | Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 New Zealand
|
Joshua Wayne Hauraki | Deputy Head of Mission & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 Nigeria
|
Abba Kawu Zanna | Minister and Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 Norway
|
Trygve Bendiksby | Minister-Counsellor and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Panama
|
Thais Augusta Collado Castillo | First Secretary and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Philippines
|
Rea Oreta | Minister, Consul General and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Sierra Leone
|
Sheku Mesali | Deputy Head of Mission & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 South Korea
|
Younggi Ahn | Minister and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Sri Lanka
|
Kiritharan Kumarasamy | First Secretary and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | High Commissioner |
 Sudan
|
Bakhit Ismail Dahya | Chargé d'affaires, e.p. (Ambassador) | Ambassador |
 Togolese Republic
|
Cofie Sena Rodrigue Woussido | First Counsellor & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
Joanne Melissa Alfred | Counsellor & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 Uganda
|
Allan Kajik | Deputy Head of Mission & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
Vacant offices
| Sending country | Last officeholder | Credentials | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
 Benin
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Bolivia
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Burundi
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Cabo Verde
|
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
| Cambodia
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Central African Republic
|
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
 Eritrea
|
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
| Grenada
|
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
 Iran
|
vacant[6] | Ambassador | |
 Korea, Democratic People's Republic
|
vacant | Ambassador[i] | |
 Kyrgyz Republic
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Liberia
|
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
| Maldives
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Marshall Islands
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Mauritius
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Montenegro
|
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
 Nauru
|
vacant | Ambassador[i] | |
 Nicaragua
|
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
 Niger
|
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
 Oman
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Papua New Guinea
|
vacant | High Commissioner | |
 Saint Lucia
|
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
 São Tomé and Príncipe
|
vacant | Ambassador[i] | |
 Seychelles
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 South Sudan
|
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
 Syria
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Timor-Leste
|
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
 Tuvalu
|
vacant | Ambassador[i] | |
 Ukraine
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Venezuela
|
vacant | Ambassador |
See also
References
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